|Microso� Research | Aug’16 - Mar’17Research Intern

|R- House Lab, Indiana Univers i ty | Current Research Ass istant

For graduate and undergraduate c lasses- Soc ia l Informa�cs, Human-Robot Interac�on , Lectures on 2D and 3D graphic des ign, and Human-Computer Interac�on Des ign.

I S ICE, Indiana Univers i ty Associate Instructor

Community integra�on and des ign of robots to support intergenera�onal interac�ons. Advised by Dr . Se lma SabanovicCommi�ee: Dr . Chr istena Nippert-Eng, Dr . Er ik Sto l terman Bergqvist and Dr . Norman Su

I set out to ques�on indiv idual -or iented des ign of soc ia l ly inte l l igent technologies , especia l ly robots , and apply my exper�se of publ ic l i fe observa�on and behavior studies to or ient des ign towards publ ic and community use. I a im to delve further into topics of mul�-user , mul�genera�onal , people-centered interac�on des ign especia l ly for soc ia l ly ass is�ve technologies and robots .

Indiana Univers i ty | Current (Expected Fal l ’20)F inal year Ph.D Candidate- Compu�ng Culture and Society/ Human-Robot Interac-

Direct examina�on of l i fe in var ious publ ic and community spaces of Sweden, Denmark, China, Hongkong and USA, to der ive strategies for encouraging l ive l iness and soc ia l i ty . Studio work with Jan Gehl Architects .

Des ign of spa�al sens ing technology to enhance explora�on and exper ience of publ ic spaces for the v isual ly impaired people.

Lead severa l research studies for des ign and development of Honda’s Haru robot for inter-genera�onal and community or iented interac�ons. Ac�ve involvement in grant and proposal wr i�ng, presenta�ons and outreach.

|Washington Univers i ty in St .Louis |Aug’11 - Aug’12M.S in Urban Design

|Nagpur Univers i ty , India | Aug’97 - May’02Bachelors in Architecture

E D U C A T I O N

I N T E R E S T S

R E S E A R C H / P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

| Var ious P lanning and Design F i rms, Dubai & India | June’02 - Dec’10Associate Design Pr inc ipal / Urban Designer

swapna@iu.eduwww.swapnajoshi .com

SWAPNA JOSHIP U B L I C & C O M M U N I T Y I N T E R A C T I O N R E S E A R C H E R & D E S I G N E R .

A C A D E M I C S E R V I C E

HRI 2019 Honorable Men�on Ful l Paper- User Study Catergory - Top3%

Second P lace - Cheng Wu Innova�on Chal lenge 2017, Indiana Univers i ty

F i rst P lace- 2015 IU Fa l l Project Symposium: ‘ Ice Breaker ’ Robot for Soc ia l Interac�ons

2013 Outstanding Student Project Award for Des ign of Publ ic Spaces - The Missour i Chapter of the American P lanning Assoc ia�on, St . Louis , MO, USA.

2006 Scholarship by Swedish Interna�onal Development Coopera�on Agency- for research travel and tra in ing in Sweden and La�n America.

Robots for Intergenera�onal Interac�ons - Impl ica�ons for Nonfami l ia l Community Se�ngs, Joshi and Sabanovic , In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM/IEEE Interna�onal Confer-ence on Human-Robot Interac�on.(Peer-rev iewed conference paper - Honorable mention )

A Communal Perspec�ve on Shared Robots as Soc ia l Cata lysts , Joshi and Sabanovic , 2017/12, Robot and Human Interac�ve Communica�on (RO-MAN), 2017 26th IEEE Inter-na�onal Symposium. (Peer rev iewed conference paper)

Pop-up Robo�cs: Fac i l i ta�ng HRI in Publ ic Spaces. Joshi and Sabanovic , In The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface So�ware and Technology Adjunct Proceedings (UIST '18 Adjunct) . ACM, New York, NY, USA.

'We'-A Robo�c System to Extend Soc ia l Impact of Community Gardens, Joshi , Randal l , Chip lunkar , Wa�mena, & Stavr ianakis , In Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE Interna�onal Conference on Human-Robot Interac�on. ACM.

Health-e-Eater : D inner�me Companion Robot and Magic P late for Improving Ea�ng Habits in Chi ldren from Low-Income Fami l ies . Randal l , Joshi , & L iu , In Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE Interna�onal Conference on Human-Robot Interac�on, ACM.

Robots for Communi�es - A Value Framework, Joshi , CSCW, 2019. (Doctora l Col loquium)

Swaminathan, Joshi , Pareddy, and Agarwal . "Responsive spa�al audio c loud." U.S . Patent Appl ica�on 15/423,281, fi led August 2 , 2018.

Organiz ing- SV Chair - HRI 2020, R&D Compe��on Chair IDC 2019, Des ign and Web Chair - CSCW 2019-20

Undergraduate Research mentor to about twenty students at R-house Lab, S ICE, IUB.

A W A R D S

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Design and Research Methods: Quan�ta�ve and Qual i ta�ve Research through Observa-�ons, Interv iews, User exper ience studies , Contextual Inquiry and Wizard-of-Oz.

Rapid Prototyping (3D/2D Model ing (Fus ion 360) and Pr in�ng, Arduino,Circui t Des ign, Storyboards, Wireframes, Sketches, Anima�ons and Content Analys is ) , Interface Des ign (Axure, Photoshop, I l lustrator , InDes ign) , Anima�on and Video Edi�ng (Maya, 3D Max, Premiere) .

Programming: Python, ROS, Arduino, JavaScr ipt ,

R E S E A R C H A N D T E C H N I C A L S K I L L S